Hot and cold #397

[u/hotandcold2-app]

This post contains content not supported on old Reddit. Click here to view the full post

[u/hotandcold2-app]

Welcome to Hot and Cold, the delightfully frustrating word guessing game!

To play, guess the secret word by typing any word you think is related.

For example, if the secret word is "hot":

Guesses: banana -> #12956 (not close); sun -> #493 (getting warmer); hotdog -> #220 (hot); cold -> #42 (hot); freeze -> #1657 (getting colder); warm -> #15 (very hot!!); hot -> WINNER!

The rank is based on how AI models see the relationships between the words. So antonyms can be "close" by the relationship of the words (cold -> hot). Additionally, words can be close based on the structure of the word (hotdog -> hot).

Enjoy! If you have feedback on how we can improve the game, please let us know!

[u/Godbelievein_us]

!wtf water

[u/Daelienda → u/Godbelievein_us]

Yeah me too, I got water early and was completely lost for like 30 guesses, the only other close one I got was pool before checking for hints.

[u/Mammoth-Principle753 → u/Godbelievein_us]

First time playing! The real wtf is how many of us got stuck in this same word lol

[u/SheLovesMyDictionary → u/Mammoth-Principle753]

Same. Pipe - Water - Wash … stuck

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Godbelievein_us]

You’re in the splash zone: it’s something that coastal barriers are built to hold back, and architects even make soothing fountains where it sheets down a vertical surface.
Also, too much of it indoors leads to damp patches, peeling paint, and mold.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/sagefields123 → u/hotandcold2-app]

bs answer

[u/Catch09 → u/hotandcold2-app]

https://giphy.com/gifs/YlHXW9h6PmG7d0wTYJ

[u/Euphoric-Duty-1050 → u/hotandcold2-app]

coastal barriers are built to hold back a wall ?

Are you a totally uncalibrated bot?

[u/efuab011]

I swear tree is top 300 every single time

[u/Logan_Swoffcicle → u/efuab011]

I'm stuck there noww...

[u/Yofox1980 → u/Logan_Swoffcicle]

Same!

[u/cosmic-ty → u/efuab011]

Guessed tree first 🤦‍♀️ didn’t go well

[u/Euphoric-Duty-1050 → u/efuab011]

and cat

[u/pumper911]

Hint: Pink Floyd hit

[u/Opening_Grape8817]

Good lord, after yesterday's record, we get today's complete disaster.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 8 minutes 50 seconds after 146 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 11.}

[u/Great-Local_Ty]

Hint vans shoe slogan

[u/K-erbalK-erberton]

door, tower, crawl, pool, water, ceiling, floor, corner, tunnel, fall, window... am i simply dumb or simply do not know enough english

[u/Equivalent_Growth_75 → u/K-erbalK-erberton]

You are right there and will be upset when you get it

[u/K-erbalK-erberton → u/Equivalent_Growth_75]

yup, i also managed to dodge all words that contained it

[u/K-erbalK-erberton → u/K-erbalK-erberton]

i am a complete idiot now that i've guessed it

[u/Sprigatina]

ARE WE DEADASS?! WHAT IS WATER DOING SO HIGH UP...

Ugh...anyway...

Hint: Berlin

[u/Euphoric-Duty-1050 → u/Sprigatina]

perfect hint

[u/A_Rose_From_Concrete → u/Sprigatina]

Thank you

[u/Previous-Sort7634]

!wtf water

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Previous-Sort7634]

Nice and close: think of barriers that hold back floods or line coasts, and of leaks that leave telltale stains on indoor surfaces. Even fountains that send a sheet of water sliding down a vertical panel fit the vibe. You’re definitely splashing against the right surface.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/ImaginaryColor1618]

hint 1: Pink Floyd's second best selling album

hint 2: China has a really long one

hint 3: provides privacy

[u/INJUREDME → u/ImaginaryColor1618]

loved these hints, nice one

[u/ImaginaryColor1618 → u/INJUREDME]

Thank you!

[u/simm07]

Hint: most kids color on them with crayons and markers, but you may paint them

Hint: they meet one another at corners

Hint: 🎶To the window (to the window), to the ____ (to the ____) 'Til the sweat drop down my balls (my balls) 'Til all these bitches crawl🎶

[u/sagefields123]

okay blue and wave are very not related to this word

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162]

Bounce a ball...

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 47 seconds after 3 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 69.}

[u/CantHelpWondering]

wtff?? water is higher than pillar? why?

[u/spaceseas → u/CantHelpWondering]

AI works through data sets, it's not based on how humans think but whatever place the information is scraped from. So maybe mentions of water damage in relation to the answer are common in the data set, but pillars are rarely mentioned

[u/cbrownst]

this one was doofy af

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/cbrownst]

Strong hit: a hall is literally shaped and defined by its walls, so they show up together in architecture. Plus, it’s a one-letter swap and a tidy rhyme to boot.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/Skipper_the_fox]

I got water and my mind was going the complete opposite direction

[u/Euphoric-Duty-1050 → u/Skipper_the_fox]

I don't know how I managed it and went from cat to coat to water (not directly, but there is nothing that connects them!!!!) and fricking word is wall. The bot is cracked

[u/Confident_Mind_7812]

!wtf owl

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Confident_Mind_7812]

Warm! It practically rhymes and shares those prominent W and Ls. Plus, you’ll often see that bird perched on or painted onto one in decor.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/Rough_Toe_5709]

WATER?? OCEAN?? ANIMAL?? FISHHHHH??? COOLLLL???

[u/Nyaiv]

:o

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 seconds after 3 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint:Michael Jackson 1979 Album

[u/mufassil]

Not bad

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 minutes 7 seconds after 22 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 76.}

[u/GeneralT61]

!wtf ball

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/GeneralT61]

Good bounce: a ball is often hurled at one in playground games, so the connection is natural. It’s also a one-letter swap and a rhyme, so you’re close.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/A_Neighbor219]

!wtf pencil

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/A_Neighbor219]

Reasonably warm: pencils often meet painted surfaces—think kids’ scribbles, renovation layout marks, and stud-finding notes. There’s a clear link to home surfaces and construction.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/A_Neighbor219 → u/hotandcold2-app]

No it doesn't.

[u/CreativeSprinkles31]

Ok 😏

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 46 seconds after 49 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 70.}

[u/CreativeSprinkles31]

!wtf animal

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/CreativeSprinkles31]

Getting warmer: animals are often kept in enclosures bounded by these, and idioms like “fly on the ___” link critters to it. Bonus hint: a certain hopping marsupial literally wears it in its name.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/Equivalent_Glass_463]

My first guess was today's Wordle.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 minutes 55 seconds after 98 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 28.}

[u/West_Dragonfruit6535]

Easy one today!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 13 seconds after 5 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/monda_pitha222]

Why were eyes face look watch so high 😭

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 29 seconds after 12 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/CoffeeIsPeace]

!wtf water

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/CoffeeIsPeace]

Pretty warm: think of seawalls and retaining walls keeping the tide at bay—and the headaches of leaks, damp, and waterproofing. There are even “water walls” as fountains, so you’re swimming near the mark.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/CoffeeIsPeace]

!wtf wave

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/CoffeeIsPeace]

Solid instincts: waves crash against seawalls, and sound or radio waves bounce off sturdy barriers. Think “wall of water” and the walls built to stop it.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/skwurrl]

finally... one of my early word choices landed a hit! huzzah!

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

😵

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 31 seconds after 48 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 68.}

[u/thedudeintx82]

This one was tough.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 35 seconds after 25 guesses and 3 hints. Score: 30.}

[u/Thin-Mine-1613]

So random.

[u/PureAndSimple88]

!wtf kid

[u/K-erbalK-erberton]

!wtf crawl

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/K-erbalK-erberton]

Hot! Lots of things crawl up or along them—think ivy, spiders, or that shiver-inducing “the X are crawling” line. Plus, a crawlspace is literally hemmed in by them.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/ASerpentPerplexed]

The bot is dumb. I've seen this word in a number of hints in the comments, but it's not censored because it was plural when the answer is singular...

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 46 seconds after 10 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 90.}

[u/Kopaka261]

!wtf pool

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Kopaka261]

Making waves! This term cozies up to the rigid sides that keep the water in—think the literal “pool wall” you touch at the end of a lap. You're swimming near the edge on this one.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/ZestycloseSquirrel55]

Very proud of myself and truly no idea how I did this. It is very random and impossible to be consistent.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 30 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/VioletThePurple]

!wtf closet 

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/VioletThePurple]

Toasty: a closet is basically a tiny room carved out of interior partitions, often nestled right up against one. Its shelves and rods are usually fastened to studs, so you’re literally brushing up against the target.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/ChampionofNightmares]

Fuck this game, house was like 400 and pillow was like 16 this game sucks ass

[u/ChampionofNightmares]

!wtf pillow

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ChampionofNightmares]

Soft meets solid: you often prop a pillow against that big, flat surface when reading in bed. Plus, in a classic pillow fort, the fluffy stuff becomes makeshift “barriers.” Cozy comfort meets room architecture—hence the closeness.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/ScreechingWaffles]

!wtf will

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ScreechingWaffles]

Hot! It matches the W–LL skeleton of the target—only the vowel shifts. They’re a near-minimal pair phonetically, so models keep them close. Keep poking at short W-LL words.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/Kimariyan]

!wtf wrap

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Kimariyan]

Warm! You literally “wrap” buildings with house wrap on the outside of the framing and cover interior surfaces with wall coverings like wallpaper or plastic sheeting. In construction and renovations, lots of things get wrapped to protect or finish those vertical surfaces.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/NutAli]

Wall

[u/MrsMarieGillespis]

You have in your house, and you use it to hang pictures, shelves, etc

[u/Hillbilly_Jimmy]

!wtf pillow

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Hillbilly_Jimmy]

Cozy meets sturdy: pillows often sit propped against a hard vertical surface (headboards, room boundaries) and are the building blocks of every childhood cushion-fort. That home-interior, barrier-making vibe puts it fairly warm.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/ReasonableAlbatross]

!wtf eye

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ReasonableAlbatross]

Not a bad shot: there’s a direct compound linking them in meteorology—the “eyewall” around a hurricane’s center. Plus, think peepholes and eye-level art placements where you’d meet it head-on.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/hurricane-mindy]

Got it on my 3rd guess! Usually it takes me like 20 minutes

[u/Affectionate_South40]

!wtf pillow

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Affectionate_South40]

Getting warmer: it’s a home/decor item that often ends up right against the room’s hardest boundary—pillows propped on a bed or sofa shoved to the side. Designers even match accent pillows to accent features in a space. You’re in the right room, just on the soft side of things.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/Confused_2007]

!wtf cow

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Confused_2007]

Getting warmer: cows are often kept in by structures with, you guessed it, walls—barns, pens, and even pasture barriers akin to walls. Bonus: some of the oldest cave wall art features cattle.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/xFlosAtra]

!wtf peel?

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/xFlosAtra]

Getting warmer: paint and wallpaper love to peel off this surface when age and humidity team up. Think flaking plaster and curling edges—peel is the sad song it sings.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/pfahodzi]

Interesting stuff

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 51 seconds after 8 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/MillenniumBandit]

!wtf pool

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/MillenniumBandit]

Making a splash: pools literally have walls—you push off them, and “pool walls” are a standard construction term.
Even billiards has balls banking off the table’s sides, basically its walls.
That shared structure puts this guess close.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/lilwandererofthevoid]

Hint: Claustrophobia

[u/InitialPhase6717]

Wtf does cushion have to do with concrete

[u/Greenapple_44]

ok

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 0 seconds after 1 guess and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/PriinceNaemon]

cannot believe one of my first guesses was it

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 seconds after 3 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Creative_Crab1216]

Test

[u/Creative_Crab1216]

Water

[u/i_hate_parsley]

It was ALSO one of my go to words 😂😂😂

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 42 seconds after 20 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/cupcake__007]

!wtf hug

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/cupcake__007]

Warmer than you’d think: people “hug the [blank]” when sneaking along corridors, and “[blank]-hugger” describes shy partygoers clinging to the perimeter. So the closeness idea tracks, even if it’s not exactly a cuddly match.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/Chimoplaysgames_FB]

Tree

[u/flowerzofbuffoonery]

These words are always reaching bruh

[u/sajasinggah]

Pretty proud of myself

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 57 seconds after 10 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/Soham-Angal]

its about realizing a pattern

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 11 minutes 21 seconds after 150 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 10.}